Cash-carrier



(No Model.)

T. M. KBNNEY.

CASH CARRIER.

No. 397,237. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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"THOMAS M. KENNEY, or CAMBRIDGE, MAssAcnrsErrs.

CASH-CARR|ER.

"I-SBECIFIC'ATIO N forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,237, datedFebruary 5, 1889. I '1' v Application filed May 24, 1888. Serial No.274,993. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, THOMAS M. KENNEY, of Cambridge, county of Middlesex,and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inCaslr-(farriers, of which the following (ilescriptiom inconnection withthe accompanying'di'awingg is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

My invention, relatin g to cash-carriers, consists, mainly, in devicesemployed for propelling the carrier along the track.

The invention is embodied in an apparatus comprising a track and carriermovable thereon in both directions, and a propelling device at each endof the track, or, in other words, at the stations between which thecarrier is moved.

The apparatus at the station comprises a lock or holder that engages thecar coming into the station and prevents it from rebounding or movingaway from the station, a slidefollower movable along the track and 0011-nected with the long arm of a lever, the short arm of which is actedupon when the car is to be propelled, operated by hand, and has itsshort arm connected wit-h a cord provided with a handle for theoperator, the said cord also engaging a releasing device for the car, bywhich, when the said cord is operated to actuate the propelling-lever,the car is released by its catch and permitted to be moved rapidlyforward by the multiplied movement of the long arm of thepropelling-lever relative to the short arm that is acted upon directlyby the operator.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sutlicient portion of a cash-carrierapparatus to illustrate this invention; Fig. 2, a plan view of the catchor locking device for the car and means for operating the same; Fig. 3,a sectional detail on line a: of Fig. l, and Fig. l a modification to bereferred to.

The track a may be of any suitable or usual kind, being shown ascomposed of a wire stretched tightly between the stations or pointsbetween which the carrier 1) is to be sent.

The said carrier consists of a frame supported on wheels I), that run onthe track a,

The said lever is commonly.

and a receptacle, 12 for the cash or other material to be conveyed,which receptacle is shown as l'Gll'lOVZtblG from the frame of thecarrier, being held thereon by a suitable fast ening, shown as abayonet-joint, although the present invention does not consist in nordepend upon any specific construction of the carrier. I

The carrier propelling and controlling mech anism at each station issupported on a stationary frame-piece, 0, shown as a stiff rod attachedto the ceiling or otherwise supported above the track a, with which thesaid rod is connected, as shownat c. The said rod 0 supports at itslower end a stationary arm, d, extendiu g along below and substantiallyparallel with the track a, and having pivoted upon it a locking device,8, having a projection, 6, that extends through an opening in the piece(Z, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so as to engage a shoulder, b at the endof the carrier-frame as the carrier comes into the station, preventingthe said carrier ;from moving outward. until the lockin g device e isoperated, so as to disengage its projection e from the shoulder b of thecarrier. This disengage ment is effected and a propelling impulseinstantly thereafter applied to the carrier by the following devices: Aslide-follower, f, is supported and guided on the track a or other guideparallel thereto in proper relation. to act upon the end of thecarrientrame. The said follower is connected-as, for example, by a linkor pitman, gwith one arm. of the propelling-lever 71', which is pivotedat h upon a bracket or frame-piece, 7L2, supported on the stationaryupright c.

The short arm 71 of the propelling-lever is at an angle to its long arm,and is connected by a cord or other connector, '1', with a handle, i,accessible to the operator. The said cord i passes through an opening inthe end of a releasing-arm, It, pivoted at it on the framepiece (I, andprovided with a cam or wedge, 7.; which, as the said arm is moved in thedirection of the arrow, Fig. 2, presses upon the end of the locking-arme, moving it down against the stress of its spring 6 and thusdisengaging the der b projection e from the shoul- The guide 7; in theend of the arm 1.1, througl'l which the cord 1' passes, is atone side ofthe direct vertical line from the point of attachment of the cord 1'with the arm 71 of the propelling-lever, and the natural action of thehand of the operator in mlling down on the handle i, so as to operatethe lever 72, also tends to move the arm l: laterally, so that its wedgewill, cause the lock 0 to release the carrier after some pressure is already 1 won gh t upon the pi'opelling-lever, so that the latter is movedquickly, and, owing to the diflferenee in length of its arms 71 11 thetollowerf will be moved forward rapidly, giving a sudden quick impulseto the carrier, by which it is sent to the distant station.

The follower is provided with a cushion, f, of rubber or other yieldingmaterial, against which the carrier strikes when coming into thestation, and the movement of the propelling-lever is limited by suitablestops, m. The carrier will move thepropelling-lever back to its normalposition. (Shown in l ig. '1.)

In the modification shown in Fig. althe lever 7! is arranged to movethrough a longer are, and the short arm 71 is made as a wheel, 1

around which the n'opelling-coixl i passed, being fastened to the saidwheel at 1' In this construction the lever is pivoted in a bearing, 71?,on the arm (Z d, connected with the lower end of the frame-piece a, andit is provided with an arm, 72, having a finger, 7L5, thatengages aspring, 71, which tends to retract the lever after it has been turnedforward beyond the vertical position, said spring drawing the lever backbeyond the vertical position, so that it will fall by the action olfgrz'lvity into the position shown in the drawings.

A eash-carrie r apparatus comprisi n g a track and carrier movablethereon, combined with a lock that engages a carrier at the station, andreleasing-arm provided with a cam 00- o jierating with said look, apropel]ing-lever having a long arm that acts upon the carrier, and anoperating-cord connected with the short arm and passing through an eyein the releasirig-arm for the lock of the carrier to operate the same bythe lateral pressure of said cord, sul'istantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speci fieation in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS M. KENNEY.

\Vitness s:

Jos. P. LIVERMORE, JAS. J. MALONEY.

